David IV of Georgia

Full name
	Davit Aghmashenebeli

David IV
დავით IV
David IV; დავით IV
King of Kings of Georgia
	Depiction of King David IV from Gelati Monastery
Fifth King of Georgia
	1089–1125
Predecessor	George II
Successor	Demetrius I
Born	1073; Kutaisi
Died	1125; Tbilisi
Burial	Gelati Monastery
Full name
Full name
	Davit Aghmashenebeli
Dynasty	Bagrationi
Father	George II of Georgia
Religion	Georgian Orthodox Church
Khelrtva

David IV, also known as David II or David III,^[1]^[2] or David the Builder (Georgian: დავით აღმაშენებელი, Davit Aghmashenebeli) (1073 – January 24, 1125), from the House of Bagrationi, was King of Georgia from 1089 to 1125.^[3]

David IV Of Georgia Media

King David IV by Mikhail Sabinin
A copper coin of King David IV of Georgia
Expansion of Kingdom of Georgia under David IV's reign.
Caucasus region in late 1124 AD
fresco of King David the Builder, Shio-Mghvime monastery.
Gelati Monastery fresco of King David, 16th century
David IV's processional cross
Დავით აღმაშენებლის ავტოგრაფი autograph of georgian king David IV aghmashenebeli.jpg

Autograph of David IV. "მე დავით უნარჩევესმან მონამან ჴელითა მონითა ქრისტესთა მან გავგზავნე წიგნი ესე მთას წმიდას სინას ვინც მოიხმარებდეთ ლოცვა ყავთ ჩემთვინ" "I David the servant of Jesus sent this book to Holy Mount Sinai and who uses it pray for me" Document from Saint Catherine's Monastery, 12th century

References

↑ Actually, he was the first of the unified Georgia’s kings to be named David. From this point of view, he was David I. But traditionally he is known as David IV being the fourth David in the ruling dynasty of Bagrationi. However, some Georgian historians mention him as David II referring the fact that he was the second David to have the title of King of the Georgians (adopted by the Bagratid kings of Tao-Klarjeti in 888) whereas the two others were only ruling princes.
↑ Britannica online
↑ Georgia in the Developed Feudal Period (XI-the first quarter of the XIII c.) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine www.parliament.ge/ Retrieved 13 August 2006.

[1] Actually, he was the first of the unified Georgia’s kings to be named David. From this point of view, he was David I. But traditionally he is known as David IV being the fourth David in the ruling dynasty of Bagrationi. However, some Georgian historians mention him as David II referring the fact that he was the second David to have the title of King of the Georgians (adopted by the Bagratid kings of Tao-Klarjeti in 888) whereas the two others were only ruling princes.

[2] Britannica online

[3] Georgia in the Developed Feudal Period (XI-the first quarter of the XIII c.) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine www.parliament.ge/ Retrieved 13 August 2006.

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